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Undergraduate Studies: For Minors

Students majoring in another department may elect to pursue completion of a minor in Dramatic Art with an emphasis on: Dramaturgy, Theatrical Design, Theatrical Production, or Writing for the Stage and Screen.

Dramaturgy

Required course:
            DRAM 120 Play Analysis

Three courses selected from among the following:
            DRAM 281 Literature/History I
            DRAM 282 Literature/History II
            DRAM 283 Literature/History III
            DRAM 284 Studies in Dramatic Theory and Criticism
            DRAM 285 Modern British Drama
            DRAM 287 African-American Theatre
            DRAM 450 Shakespeare in the Theater
            DRAM 486 Latin American Theater
            DRAM 487 Chicana/o Drama
            DRAM 450 United States Latino/a Theatre
           

Theatrical Design

Required course:
            DRAM 120 Play Analysis

Three courses selected from among the following:
            DRAM 280 Period Styles for the Theater
            DRAM 465 Sound Design
            DRAM 466 Scene Design
            DRAM 467 Costume Design I
            DRAM 468 Lighting Design
            DRAM 470 Survey of Costume History
            DRAM 475 Non-Western Costume History
            DRAM 477 Theatrical Design
            DRAM 480 Period Styles for Production
            DRAM 566 Advanced Scene Design
            DRAM 567 Costume Design II

Theatrical Production

Required course:
            DRAM 191 or 192 related to area of concentration

Three courses chosen from the following according to concentration:
            DRAM 193 Production Practicum
            DRAM 465 Sound Design
            DRAM 466 Scene Design
            DRAM 467 Costume Design I
            DRAM 468 Lighting Design
            DRAM 473 Costume Construction I
            DRAM 474 Costume Construction II
            DRAM 477 Theatrical Design
            DRAM 495 Stage Management
            DRAM 567 Costume Design II
            DRAM 650 Special Studies: Costume Production

Writing for the Stage and Screen

The minor in writing for the stage and screen is an interdisciplinary program drawing upon the faculties and resources of the Department of Dramatic Art, Department of Communication Studies, and the Creative Writing Program of the Departmenty of English and Comparative Literature.  For additional information, please see the Department of Communication Studies:  Program Website